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§2009 Definitions

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 50— - AGRICULTURAL CREDIT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM › § 2009

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines two words used in the subchapter: "State"—50 States plus DC and certain U.S. territories and Pacific entities; "State director"—the Director of the Rural Economic and Community Development State Office.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §2009

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In this subchapter:
(1)The term “State” means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia.
(2)The term “State director” means, with respect to a State, the Director of the Rural Economic and Community Development State Office.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2002—Pub. L. 107–171 redesignated pars. (2) and (3) as (1) and (2), respectively, and struck out heading and text of former par. (1). Text read as follows: “The terms ‘rural’ and ‘rural area’ mean, subject to section 1926(a)(7) of this title, a city, town, or unincorporated area that has a population of 50,000 inhabitants or less, other than an urbanized area immediately adjacent to a city, town, or unincorporated area that has a population in excess of 50,000 inhabitants.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definition of Rural Areas for Certain Business and Community Facilities Programs Pub. L. 106–78, title VII, § 730, Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1164, provided that: “Notwithstanding section 381A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009), in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, the definitions of rural areas for certain business programs administered by the Rural Business-Cooperative Service and the community facilities programs administered by the Rural Housing Service shall be those provided for in statute and

Regulations

prior to the enactment of Public Law 104–127 [Apr. 4, 1996].” Similar provisions were contained in Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(a) [title VII, § 735], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681, 2681–29, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 107–171, title VI, § 6020(b)(3), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 363.

Executive Documents

Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

7 U.S.C. § 2009

Title 7Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73